Pregnancy and riding a camel cannot be hidden from others.
-Arabic Proverbs Collected by Mrs. A.P. Singer, Cairo, 1913
At times I felt like a pregnant virgin when meeting strangers on the trail to Egypt, such was the disbelief on their faces as KhairAllah told them my story. Was it because I rode a camel so badly, or simply that I rode at all? Or were they thinking, the Way of the Forty will feel to him like nine months.